Fireplace-heater.



N0. 694,|55. Patented Feb. 25, |902.

T. B. JACKSON.

FIREPLACE HEATER.

(Application filed June 12, 1901.) (No Model.)

UNrrnp raras ArENr THOMAS B. JACKSON, OF BELMONT, OHIO.

FlREPLACE-HEATER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 694,155, dated February 25, 1902.

Application filed June l2, 1901. Serial No. 64,292. (No model.)

To all whom, it may concern:

Be it known that I, THOMAS B. JACKSON, a citizen of the United States, residing at Belmont, in the county of Belmont and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Fireplace-Heaters; and I do herebydeclare the following to bea full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same..

My invention relates to improvements inv .sists of certain novel constructions, combinations, and arrangements of parts, as will be hereinafter fully described and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure l represents a front elevation of a heater embodying the features of the present invention. Fig. 2 represents a similar view of the same, the double doors being swung back to disclose the interior structure. Fig. 3 represents a transverse vertical section on line 3 3 of Fig. I. Fig. e represents a longitudinal vertical section on line et 4 of Fig. 3, and Fig. 5 -represents a horizontal section on line 5 5 of Fig. 3.

In the construction of heaters it has been found most desirable to expose the greatest possible surface to the action of the products of combustion, and in order to accomplish this I contemplate providing means for direct radiation which is adapted for heating the surrounding atmosphere by hot water and by hot air, either of which may be utilized at a greater or less distance from the heater, as may be desired.

In carrying my invent-ion into practice, asy

illustrated in the accompanying drawings, I provide a suitable casing, within which is situated the usual fire-box l, providedwith a grate 2, preferably of the basket type. The front part of the grate is preferably hinged,

as at 3, to aflange 4, resting upon lugs b, and

Lits rear part is provided with hooks 5 5,Which engage supporting rods or lugs 6. Beneath the grate is situated a hopper-shaped ash-pan 7, provided with side anges 8 8, adapted to slide in ways 9 9, formed on the side partition-walls Il and I2 and the rear partitionwall l0. The bottom of the ash-pan is provided with a suitable aperture I3, adapted to be closed by a suitable slide 14. The slide le is provided with a suitable handle M for reciprocating it and with a lug 142 for limiting its movement. An aperture 15, formed in the slide, is adapted to register when said slide is moved forward with aperture 13 to permit the ashes to 4loe discharged from the ash-pan to the cellar, if desired.

The detachable fendenbase of the heater is provided with a suitable slide-valve 16, preferably at the front thereof, for permitting the admission of air to the fire-box, and said valve may be provided with any suitable operating-handle 16.

The products of combustion are conducted from the fire-box through a passage 17 to the smoke-stack or other outlet, (not shown,) said passage being provided with a suitable damper 18, if desired.

The front of the heater is preferably provided With a plurality of double doors 19 19 and 2O 20, which are adapted to be swung open to permit access to the interior of the heater. Fach of the doors I9 is composed of two smaller doors hinged together, one of said doors being hinged to the front wall of the heater and the other provided with securing means at its free edge adapted to en-v gage securing means carried by its corresponding double door,whereby the said doors may be secured together when closedV and disengaged when it is desired to open them.

Surrounding 'the fire-box on three sides thereof is a hot-air chamber 21, said chamber being formed by the walls of the casing and the partition-walls IO Il 12. Air from any suitable source of supply may be admitted to the chamber 2l through a pipe 22. Arranged above the fire-box is a superheating-chamber 22, which communicates with the chamber 2l and with a vertical hot-air chamber 23. Situated above the superheating-chamber 22', so as to form the smoke-passage 17, is a second superheating-chaniber 24, which communicates with the vertical chamber 23 and with ICO a second' vertical chamber25. The chamber is provided with a pipe 26 or other suitable conduit for the purpose of conducting heat to suitable registers arranged at an7 desired distance from the heater. Suitable valves 27 27 may also be provided forsupplying cool air, taken at the front of the heater, to the chamber 2l.

The numeral 28 indicates a hot-Water heater detachablyarranged immediately beneath the chamber 22 and in the upper part of the firebox. The water-heater is supported upon cleats a, secured to the side and rear walls of the casing, and is provided With a pipe 29 for supplying water thereto and with a pipe 30 for conducting hot water to radiators or other heating devices. The conduit 3() may be pro vided with a suitable valve 3l for the removal of dirt or other foreign matter from the water-heater 26 when desired.

A register 32, operated by a suitable handle 33, may be provided in the front Wall of the heater to supply heated air to the apartment in which the heater is situated. Of course it will be understood that a certain amount of heat will be radiated directly from the heater, but by the provision of the register 32 the temperature in the apartment may be materially raised when desired.

Although I have described in detail the various features of my invention, yet I do not Wish to be understood as being limited to the exact construction described, as I may alter or change the shape, size, and minor details of construction without departing from the spirit and scope of the present invention.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

l. In a fireplace-heater, the combination with the fire-box of a hot-air chamber parvertical chamber in communication with the' upper superheating-chamber, substantially as specified.

2. In a fireplace-heater, the combination with the nre-box, of a hot-air chamber partially surrounding the same, superheatingchambers arranged above the hot-air chamber so as to form a passage for the products of combustion, the lower superheating-chamber being in communication with the hot-air chamber, and two oppositely-arranged vertical chambers, one of said chambers being in communication with both superheating-chambers, and the other in communication with the upper superheating-chamber, substantially as specified.

3. In a fireplace-heater, the combination with the fire-box, a hot-air chamber partially surrounding the same, two superheatingchambers arranged one above the other, said superheating-chambers being in communication with each other and the lower one in communication with the hot-air chamber, a combustionpassage between the superheatingchambers, and a vertical chamber in commu- `nication with the upper superheating-chamber, of a detachably-arranged water-heater situated in the upper part of the tire-box and beneath one of the superheating-chambers, substantially as specified.

THOMAS B. JACKSON.

Witnesses:

WM. I-I. DE LACY, GEO. M. COPENHAVER.v 

